Re: [Usability] Disabled "F"word guessing :)

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 8 Sep 2006, at 13:03, Jason (spot) Brower wrote:

> Not sure if this is the right place, but I have an idea for people  
> that can't type very fast or accurately.
> My friend has MD and a very hard time hitting every key to make a  
> word on the screen.  Wouldn't it be nice to have something that she  
> could use that would give options for words and somehow predict  
> what she wants.
> Take a look at your keyboard.  at the top you have the function  
> keys... four sets... it is easy for her to hit those on her  
> keyboard because they are divided into section.
> Could he have a system that would... when you begin typing show the  
> words on the screen that it things you are typing and you can  
> select on of the four words it provides from the list to speed up  
> your data entry and make typing less stressful?

GOK, the Gnome On-Screen Keyboard that's part of all modern GNOME  
distributions, does this.  I'm sure it could be adapted (or even just  
configured) to help your friend.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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